Wallace Broecker

American geochronologist and oceanographer (1931–2019).

Born November 29th, 1931 in Chicago. [ref]

Died February 18th, 2019 at 87 years old in Manhattan (congestive heart failure). [ref]

Occupations
biogeochemist, environmentalist, geologist, geophysicist, oceanographer, university teacher

No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. Terry Pratchett